X H T M L and MIME types

For the nerd in you, here’s an article on which MIME type you should use when serving XHTML pages.

MIME types are an interesting thing. They determine what types of content a server or mail application can handle.

The problem with using an XHTML MIME type is that most browsers do not support the type. Not surprising since there’s usually a few years’ lag between what the World Wide Web Consortium says and what the browsers do. The good news is that XHTML has backward-compatibility built in.

For more information about XHTML and MIME types, you can also read Mark Pilgrim’s article "The Road to XHTML 2.0: MIME Types"